Low power mode in conversation practice Tips for not wasting mental energy in oral language practice

When speaking, I often see students' energy drop almost instantly. I'm always looking for strategies to manage mental energy more efficiently.

I wrote a little article with my two cents and tips on the subject.

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Internet, help!

I'm writing a blog post (I'm super invested) and I'd like to find any bits of shows, memes or GIFs of either

- A Spanish speaker speaking English with mistakes; or
- An English speaker speaking Spanish with mistakes.

Are there any out there?

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Words fascinate me.
“Dim to” is the slow fade, the soft descent into something gentler.

“Kin to” is the quiet recognition of resemblance, the echo between ideas.

Two tiny phrases, one about losing intensity, one about finding connection.

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Weekly Football Phrase: One for the team - Learn English Through Football In this football phrase of the week we look at the cliche, 'one for the team', a phrase used alongside yellow cards.

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In this #FootballLanguage podcast we look at language from #Juventus v #Galatasaray. We explain the phrase, ‘hold off a fightback‘ & ‘3-0 on the night; 5-5 on aggregate‘ #FootballPhrase #FootballLanguagePodcast #LanguageofFootball #LearningEnglish #TeachingEnglish #ELT #LearnEnglishThroughFootball

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“As it was” is literal: it means in its previous state.
“She was stressed as it was.”
“As it were” is figurative: a softener meaning "so to speak."
Two tiny phrases, two different worlds.
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My favorite dad joke play on words: Why did the scarecrow win an award? Because he was outstanding in his field. What is yours?

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Cambridge Dictionary colonel noun [C] (also Colonel) [How it’s pronounced in British and American English] (written abbreviation Col.)

A random thought of the day:

A child/teenager me tried to find some logic in how English is pronounced based on how it’s written and how it made no sense with this word. 😵‍💫 Still can’t reason the logic behind the way it’s pronounced. 😂 #LearningEnglish

I'm exploring #googlelabs #flow text-to-video app to use for teaching. Here is a short video I created. drive.google.com/file/d/1OXNT... #education #teaching #immigrant #americas #esl #learningenglish

Learn English Through Football Podcast: The Language of Getting the Sack - Learn English Through Football In this week's football-language podcast we look at some language around manager sackings after some high-profile managers lost their jobs...

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Weekly Football Phrase: Penalty Shootout - Learn English Through Football In this football phrase of the week we look at the phrase, 'penalty shootout' after the FA Cup 4th Round tie between Birmingham and Leeds was

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¿Cuál es la última palabra que has aprendido? =last word learnt.

En inglés, “yon”: that or those; over there; in that direction.

¿Y tú?

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#TodayILearned - abhorrent: inspiring disgust and loathing; repugnant. "racism was abhorrent to us all"

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Weekly Football Phrase: (to) Dwell on - Learn English Through Football This podcast's weekly football phrase is the verb phrase 'to dwell on'. This is used to describe talk about a player in control of the ball.

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Do you know what are question tags❓#questiontags #english #speaking #fun #learningenglish

Learn English Through Football Podcast: Bullet Header - Learn English Through Footbal In this week's football-language podcast we look back at some of the language from the final round of games from the 2025-26 Champions League

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Go ballistic = to suddenly become very angry or upset

Ever said:
“Don’t tell my boss…”
and someone DID?

Yeah.
They went ballistic.

Not literally exploding, just emotionally detonating.
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¡Hola! 👋🏻 Estoy dándole duro al #ingles y me gustaría mejorar mi fluidez.

¿Algún consejo de los expertos por aquí? Busco recomendaciones de listas de vocabulario, consejos para el C1, lecturas nivel intermedio, canales de YouTube...

¡Se agradece cualquier tip! 💡

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Spill the beans: reveal a secret or tell something that was supposed to be kept hidden. i.e. Come on, spill the beans! What did you get for your birthday?

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That's not enough. I've been lazy.
In 2026 I must raise my level of English to not lower than CLB7 (6,0-7,0 IELTS or 60-78 CELPIP).
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Beginner Grammar: TO BE 19 (A1)
youtu.be/v3bEAj7jGiU
Here comes the next video aimed at beginner students devoted to the forms of TO BE.
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Football Language Quiz (2)

We've added lots of football-language quizzes to our site. learnenglishthroughfootball.com/community/fo... #FootballLanguage #FootballLanguageQuiz #Football #LearningEnglish #SoccerExpressions #ESOL #EFL #ELT

Beginner Grammar: TO BE 18 (A1)
youtu.be/fk8oP1Sff8Q
Here comes the next video aimed at beginner students devoted to the forms of TO BE.
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"When the power went out, we called the cavalry to help us find candles." Really? Do people really use "cavalry" like that? I thought it strictly means soldiers.

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Football Language Podcast: The seven stages of being a football manager - revisited - Learn English Through Footbal Seven stages of being a football manager: On this week's language podcast we look at language to describe the role of a football manager

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Football glossary: managerial merry-go-round Managerial Merry-go-roundWhen managers lose their jobs or resign and move to other clubs. This can start a process where one manager...

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